In other TomKat news: The Name Game
Ok. I have no idea why, but this morning after vomiting yet again and feeling incredibly sorry for myself for vomiting yet again (I've reached the impressive vomit count of 400 times in the last 8 months, thank

Zephediah Justice
The fact of her existence meant to me that customer service as a whole was not taken out back and shot."Hi! How are you ladies today?" she chimed, looking us both in the eyes and smiling. "Did you find everything you were looking for?"We'd just overheard her chatting with the guy ahead of us. She'd volunteered to work this weekend because they needed help. She usually worked at Starbuck's. They told her it

Run. Break free.
I love to run. I love propelling myself along mountain singletrack to the rhythm of my own breathing and my own two feet, with Frank at my side and the rocks as my company.I love being an extra in any given neighborhood's movie. There but not. Blending in. Run

On monsters and futures
The plan is to welcome Sprout into this world without medication. Yes, we'll have a backup plan and yes, we know that even the best laid plans sometimes don't turn out the way you want them to. That said, we're going into this prepared, educated, and practiced in pain control methods that I fully believe I can employ to get through this without drugs. I'm not scared.Reflecting on what I've learned about childbirth, like anyone, I need to relate this information to my own past experiences. I heard once that the monsters we create in our heads can only be bits and pieces of the frightening things that we have experienced: the no-soul eyes of criminals from TV mugshots, the scales

Grammatical Penance
I got called out on our work Facebook page for an apostrophe error that I made while hurrying to post the results of a contest. It rocked me to the core. Shook my self worth. Snipped my umbilical cord connection to English majors everywhere. I hate making grammar or punctuation mistakes. I pride myself in the fact that if I could be a superhero, I would be Grammar Girl. I feel ashamed. Less than. Not wo